FAQ

Address : 150 Mokdong-gil, Jung-gu, Daejeon Metropolitan CityLocation : Take bus numbers 107, 514, 601, or 604, and get off at Mok-dong Sun Hospital. The Immigration Office is across the street from the hospital.
For more information, please visit the website below. Website : http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/index.doTel : +82-42-220-2000~2004, Fax : +82-42-256-0496.

Q2. How can a foreign resident register?

For long-term stay and permanent residence, an application for a certificate of foreign registration must be made within 90 days from the date of arrival.
This includes individuals who fall into any of the following categories.

- A foreigner who intends to stay in Korea for more than 90 days.

- An individual who gives up Korean nationality and gains a foreign nationality.

- A Korean-born foreigner who was born in Korea and intends to stay in Korea for more than 90 days from the date of receiving residence status.

Q3. Where are hospitals and clinics?

There are many general hospitals and specialized clinics available in Daejeon. For common consultations and treatment, please visit nearby clinics for internal disease and pediatrics for fast medical service. For severe diseases, please visit general hospitals equipped with advanced medical facilities and specialized doctors.

Q4. What is a Daejeon traffic card?

The traffic card can be used to pay subway, city bus and taxi fares.
If you use a traffic card, the fare is slightly lower, and it can be used to transfer to other vehicles three times within 80 minutes.

Q5. I have a car. What should I do in order to drive it legally?

When you hold an international driver’ s licence, It has the same force as a Korean driver’s license, but its term of validity is one year after entering Korea. Those who stay in Korea for more than a year must obtain a Korean driver’s license in order to drive.

Q6. What are the emergency telephone numbers I need to know?

1339 is the number of the Emergency Medical Information Center.
For emergency situations, call 119. With your call, the caller’s location is automatically identified.

Daejeon is geographically located in the heart of the nation and functions as the nation’s transportation hub. Daedeok Innopolis (Daedeok Research and Development Special Zone) is composed of 28 government-initiated research centers as well as 79 research institutes with as many as 20,000 researchers.